From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Rattle in Bentley rear silencers, identifying the cause as a faulty clip or loose rivets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\3\ scan0197 | |
| Date | 30th May 1938 | |
| To Bentley Motors Ltd. Darby............... [Wks. crossed out] Copy to [Dye. crossed out] [text crossed out] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Levallois Sr/VA9/ET.30.5.38 Re: BENTLEY REAR SILENCERS ------------------------- With reference to Item 4 of Owner's Complaint Report N° P.83, we have had to attend to several cars on which there has been a rattle in the rear silencer, and we shall most probably, in the near future, have to attend to two cars on which the same trouble exists. The cause of this trouble is either the failure of one of the EB.878 clips which holds the EB.877 pipe (as fitted to the interior of the rear silencer) in position or the rivets of the clips becoming loose. We shall be glad to know if you have received similar complaints and, if so, what has been done to remedy this trouble. Sr/VA. | ||